Weinstein Lawsuit Might Kill ‘The Crow’ Reboot (Thank God)

Eric Draven can come back from the dead, but when he's killed with a lawsuit, he becomes perma-dead.

Eric Draven can come back from the dead, but when he's killed with a lawsuit, he becomes perma-dead - which means no crows can help him. Sorry, Eric. Blame the Weinsteins. Everyone else - thank the Weinsteins.

Relativity has been busy launching a remake of The Crow, for which Bradley Cooper is in talks to star. Ughhh. However, The Weinstein Company says they have a contract from 2009 giving TWC exclusive distribution rights Crow sequels. They filed an injunction against Relativity, who was shopping those rights around. Now there's a very public war of words, but will it get to the point where T-Bird gets involved? I guess we'll see. Here's what lawyer types are saying:

Team Weinstein: "(Relativity CEO Ryan) Kavanaugh decided that Relativity would not perform that contract and will purport to sell TWC's distribution rights to others here and overseas in willful breach of contract." ... "If somebody tries to buy those rights other than the Weinsteins, those people will be simply buying a lawsuit."

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Team Relativity: "This is yet another typical litigation stunt from the Weinsteins who have a long history of threatening law suits with the sole purpose of intimidation." ... "While we expect these types of antics from the Weinsteins, we are shocked that a lawyer of Mr. Fields' caliber would make such false, reckless and intentionally harmful statements to the press about Relativity and Mr. Kavanaugh. We intend to seek appropriate remedies for this misconduct."

If the movie doesn't happen, look for Relativity execs to dress all emo and exact some revenge. (Variety)